أَكرِم ضَعيفَكَ وَالآفاقُ مُجدِبَةٌ

أَكرِم ضَعيفَكَ وَالآفاقُ مُجدِبَةٌ

وَلا تُهِنهُ وَلَو أَعطَيتَهُ القوتا

وَلا تُهِنهُ وَلَو أَعطَيتَهُ القوتا

Honor the weak person in your care while the horizons lie barren,

Honor the weak, though horizons are barren,

and do not humiliate him, even if you give him sustenance.

And do not humiliate him, even if you give him sustenance.

وَجانِبِ الناسَ تَأمَن سوءَ فِعلِهِمُ

وَجانِبِ الناسَ تَأمَن سوءَ فِعلِهِمُ

وَأَن تَكونَ لَدى الجُلّاسِ مَمقوتا

وَأَن تَكونَ لَدى الجُلّاسِ مَمقوتا

And avoid people: you will be safe from their evil deeds

Keep away from people, to be safe from their misdeeds,

and from being hated among your companions.

And from being despised in the company of peers.

لا بُدَّ مِن أَن يَذِمّوا كُلَّ مَن صَحَبوا

لا بُدَّ مِن أَن يَذِمّوا كُلَّ مَن صَحَبوا

وَلَو أَراهُم حَصى المِعزاءِ ياقوتا

وَلَو أَراهُم حَصى المِعزاءِ ياقوتا

They are bound to disparage everyone they have kept company with,

They must slander all whom they befriended,

even if he showed them the pebbles of stony ground as rubies.

Even if you had given them rubies as gifts.

وَقَضِّ وَقتَكَ بِالتَقوى تَجَوَّزُهُ

وَقَضِّ وَقتَكَ بِالتَقوى تَجَوَّزُهُ

حَتّى تُصادِفَ يَوماً فيهِ مَوقوتا

حَتّى تُصادِفَ يَوماً فيهِ مَوقوتا

And spend your time in piety, passing through it,

Spend your time devoutly regardless of circumstance,

until, one day, you encounter what is appointed for that day.

Until you meet your predestined day.